Garment hanger



J. B. ZORN.

GARMENT HANGER. I

APPLICATION man FEB. 24. 1922.

1,438,350, Patented Dec. 12; 1922.

INVENTOR John 5. 20/0 ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 112, i922.

JOHN B. ZORN, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ANNA L.

' FISHER, OF, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

GARMENT HANGER.

Application filed February 24, 1922. Serial No. 538,850.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN B. ZORN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment Hangers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itiappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompany ing drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to garment hangers and it is particularly designed for supporting open yoke or low necked dresses and particularly of the type in which the fastening is at the shoulder.

Where the open portions of the yokes are relatively low and wide, the shoulders frequently slide off the ends of the dress hanger so that the dress is precipitated to the floor where it is liable to be tramped upon and ruined. Particularly is this the case where garments are displayed in stores and the like.

My invention, contemplates the provision of means whereby dresses will be properly held upon the hangers and to this end the invention consists of a dress supporting bar and a clamping bar, one movablewith respect to the other, the movable member being resiliently secured in place so thatrit can be moved with respect to the other member to destroy the clamping engagement between the two members.

The novel arrangement of the invention will be specifically described hereinafter, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a hanger constructed in accordance with my inyention.

Fig. 2 is a viewpartly in elevation and partly in section, the clamping bar being shown in non-clamping position in full lines and in dotted lines as tilted so that one end is in clamping position.

Fig. 3 is an elevational View of the hanger, showing the clamping bar in clamping position, and

Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view on the line l 4=4 of Fig. 3.

The dress supporting bar 1 is preferably curved 1n the usual way common to dress hangers and it is provided with a supporting hook consisting of a strand bent intermediate its ends as at 2 to provide a hook portion and having depending clamping bar guides or side bars 3 and 4, the (ends of which extend through the bar 1 and are bent back upon themselves to form hooks 5 and 6, which can be secured to the bar 1, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The guide bars 3 and 4 are curved inwardly, one toward the other, intermediate their ends, as indicated at 7 and 8, and slidable on the bars 3 and 4 is a garment clamping bar 9 having openings 10 and 11 through which the bars 3 and 4 project.

The ends of the clamping'bar 9 are preferably provided with rubber contact pro jections 1 2 and 13, adapted to bear upon the upper surface 14 of the bar 1.

The hook 2 is formed of a double strand by bending the wire back upon itself and there is av tension portion 15 for the side bars 3 and 4. For example, when the clamping bar 9 is in the position shown in Fig. 2, the inner portions of the side bars 3 and 4 will frictionally engage the inner edges of the openings 10 and 11 so that the bar 9 will be held in non-clamping position.

When it is desired to clamp the garment to the bar 1, the bar 9.can be moved downwardlyand since the intermediate portions 7 and 8 are bent one toward the other, the bar 9 will quickly drop until it has nearly reached its clamping position, when the frictionally engaging portions-16 and 17 of the bars 3 and 4 will againbegin tobind against the inner edges of the openings 10 and 11. Since there is a tensioning portion 15, the binding of the inner portions of'the openings 10 and 11 against the friction portions 7 and 8 will tend "to spread the bars 3 and 4 apart, the

tension coming at 15 but really' resulting from the double strand hook 2. 4

Since the clamping bar 9 may be made of yielding or resilient material, the operator can press the centerv portion of the bar 9 comparativel closeto the bar 1 so as-to spread the c amping'projections 12 and 13 slightly apart and at the same time, tend to pen or spread apar the bars 3 and 4.

0 Therefore, the clamping bar will be held.

rigid with respect to the re st\of the device and the projections 12 and 13 will efiiciently hold the garment against accidental displacement.

vWhen it is desired to take 03 the gar- I ment, the bar 9 can be raised to the position .clamp can be brought down to clamping position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

It will be observed that the device can be inexpensively manufactured, that it iseasy to operate "and. that it will efliciently prevent the garment from accidental removal from the han er. 7

What claim and desire to secure by-Letters Patent is:

1. A garment hangercomprising a garment supportingbar, a hook-shaped memhook-shaped member andhavin inherent.

tendency to resist spreading, and a clamping bar on the guides movable into clamping position to spread'the guides and movable out of clamping position to permit the guides to springback to place.

2. A garment hanger comprising a garment-supporting bar, a hook-shaped member, spaced guide members connected to the hook-shapedmember and curved one toward the other intermediate their ends, and a clamping bar havfing elongaJted slots through which the guide members project, the edges of the slots being frictionally engaged by the guides so that the clamping bar can be raised on the guides above the curved portions to hold it in spaced relation with the garment supporting bar and whereby the clamping member can be moved below the curved portions of the guide members to permit it to serve as a clamp complementary to the supporting bar to hold"a garment thereon.

lln testimony whereof I afiix mg signature.

' JOHN ZQRN. 

